Not gonna lie, I quite like the Centaurus and Stratoforce. They may not combine, but they do look good together, and being a bit of an aviation nerd, a Megazord themed to a bird and composed entirely of jets is right up my alley.
I can understand why you didn't get these zords but personally I love this line. Your opinions on these zords are valid and are similar to my opinions on the Kirameiger zords. They are neat on their own but they're too small for the price and none of them combine with each other.
I definately agree with you here,at first i am excited about the Kirameiger's zord With it being vehicles and many designs but then i am quite let down by the fact that they dont even have any major combination,pretty dumb move honestly It brings out so much playability if it does
@@genji316 Given that Kiramager was the last season to have a large number of Zords/Mechs, I wonder if post Zenkaiger Super Sentai seasons will phase out the mechs entirely.
I really like Lost Galaxy, since the 1st time I saw it as a kid. Magna Defender and Lights of Orion Arc was really good, even if a little stretched. Karone redemption was very good. And it + the awesome crossover episodes made the season very cohesive with In Space. I also really liked Leo and Mike relation. Lastly, Trakeena was a pretty good villain imo. I like that she had a personnal arc through the season
Learning about the season really made me regret growing out of the show as I got older cause it sounded REALLY good from a storytelling standpoint, defiantly one I might dedicate some time to finding and watching.
I thought that season was pretty good. The zords where interesting, being cosmic beasts then transforming into machines was intriguing to me. The Shark, Phoenix, and Rhino transformations are a hot mess. Regardless I loved these as a kid. Not as much as Lightspeed ;)
I always thought the megazords of this season were a mixed bag. Like Bandai literally had a bag of ideas and decided to use all of them at the same time.
I loved the Galaxy Megazord and Torozord, both as design and as being standalone zords. No fear of missing a combination by not getting any other zord, like no Mega Dragonzord for you, when you’re not getting both Megazord and Dragonzord. The three Lost Galactabeasts on the other hand didn’t do me much. Only slapping a picture of a fantasy beast on some vehicles in the show doesn’t make them on par with the Galaxy Megazord’s Galactabeasts. Being destroyed by a suicide swarm Stingwingers made the duo look weak too. In the end, I’m happy to have a Galaxy Megazord, a black and white Gingai-Oh and the Bulltaurus with a complimentary Lights of Ginga set.
Even in the show, the zord fights really felt like they were put in the backseat in favor of storytelling. They look okay in the show, but I don't think they translated to the toy line very well. Galaxy Megazord was the last one I got as a kid; by the time Lightspeed came around I had aged out of PR and didn't like the revolving casts. I enjoyed it but not enough to get the rest of the line.
It's S.O.P. for Super Sentai. They have been changing casts and storylines for 45 years now. Still going, so there has to be something right about it. But Toku shows never really need to make hard sense to be fun.
What's quite cool was the shark carrier zord was actually a homage to the Super Sentai Sun Vulcan's carrier zord. What's even better is that Sun Vulcan carrier zord actually got a super minipla model kit not too long ago, only catch is it's p-bandai
The Lost Galaxy and Ninja Falcon Megazord get a lot of critique and, understandable, as you say it is all fairly subjective but they still stand as some of my favourite Megazords of all time.
Lost Galaxy basically is a turning point where after In Space,you can basically make anything you want with the series and Lost Galaxy was quite unique compared to its Japanese counterpart where it didn't follow tone to tone with what Gingaman had and made up its own story. Ironically,Gingaman translates to (Galaxy man) but the team never left Earth and it was more nature-based from what I've seen. 0_- I really got no clue what was going on in Gingaman but I guess they had no idea how to make the zords unique in the Sentai.
Wonder if Gingaman was supposed to have a different theme since the Rhino, Phoenix and carrier have a more sci fi look to them, even if there's a story justification for it in the final product.
I really love the zords and would definitely buy these whenever they come to the minipla line. All of the zords lack the funability in them and are more fun for display. I really love Gingaman and Lost Galaxy. Great characters, great villains, great story, great action and great soundtrack. Both of them are my absolute favorite series of both franchises. I am going to get the japanese quasar saber (seijuken) and lights of orion (ginga no hikari) armor as well as the transdagger (jizaiken kiba) and transmorpher (ginga brace) for my Lost Galaxy/Gingaman Collection. I will definitely pick of every lightning collection figure that gets a release for my collection. If you haven't watched Gingaman yet, I really recommend watching it cause it is one of the best super sentai seasons ever.
Ahh! Freak out moment for the black and gold light speed zords. Also you don't have wild force?! Truly it's biggest weakness is no formal Ultrazord but the quality of the toys is impeccable. The designs are so cool! I am riddled with that nostalgia though. Great video! Can't wait for more.
To this day, still think it's the best season, but alright. Story was good, characters were likeable, some of the coolest zords, but aight to each his own.
The gingaman toyline was a celebration of metal being used again as it had been absent since Jetman. plex thought it was its last chogokin/diecast metal use “this would turn out to be Hurricanger instead” Budget went to the main mecha/megazord. Hence why the rest of the zords are smaller, the last 3 are call backs to Showa sentai mecha in many ways, there size and metal components were exactly like the first 5 Showa dx robo’s. Ginga bitus/zenith is a homage to Sun Vulcans carrier Jaguar Vulcan which was also had the teeth and opening mouth/mothership look. I think it was also plex seeing if introducing smaller mecha would provide more sales than just the traditional Main-extra-super that had been the pillar since Ohranger/Zeo and it seems that experiment didn’t work out as we return to form with gogo v/ lightspeed
I only owned the Torozord, which I had fond memories of as I remember my mom took me to Toys R Us and allowed me to choose whatever toy I wanted. Out of all the Zords they had, Toro stood out the most for me. I played with it non stop after, I absolutely adored how it was practically TWO toys in one. The string was really dumb but outside of that this Zord really provided endless hours of play for me.
i did like how they were fully organic creatures to change things up, wish we got the sofvi figures of them over in america, heck maybe even make ones of the Centaurus and Stratoforce. plus the very dark implication around them mutilating these creatures and turning them into robots. i would have forgave the zenith if the mini vehicles could combine into micro scale megazords, maybe even throw in a micro galaxy megazord that could combine all these zords together in a fun fan made mode
The clip-ons for the main zord are a peeve although as I'm not a toy engineer and I highly doubt you are, you can't comment on them simply being lazy enough to engineer a method to overcome it. There are things known as physical and engineering limitations even if ignoring budget and time constraints. Torozord was absolutely lovely and the fact that it could hold the Magna Defender as a 2-in-1 zord is lovely. The auxillary zords being 5-in-1 and with never before seen vehicle types to have unique combining methods is so attractive. Carrier sadly has to come in Deltabase size or it wouldn't fit to scale. Just a gut feeling seeing the demand for stuff like Pyramidas but I dont think those tend to sell too well as they are far too bulky and dont do much so I dont think they wanted to bulk Gigabitus up. Ultimately your negative outlook as a whole is just oozing with blatant bias but I did like the technical insights.
So here’s the thing about zenith carrierzord scale: how massive you want it to be to be able to store both the centaurus & stratoforce component inside? If they produce it in the “proper” scale, it would be too big for its own good, it would be difficult to store, not to mention the box. And no one would be able to purchase it. From a business standpoint, it kinda makes sense. I mean, the more plastic & component to make each zord, the more expensive it would be in the final price. Like, you know, who wouldn’t want a “proper” scaled serpentera? But who would buy one if they made it?
Kind of see where you’re coming from but as someone who loves Lost Galaxy and puts it at the top of my favourites (1st Lost Galaxy, 2nd LightSpeed, 3rd MMPR) I can’t say how happy so am that it’s finally getting some recognition.
Good to know someone still remembers CollectionDX... You even used some of _my_ pictures of the Dlx Stratoforce Megazord in your video. =) Yeah, I was never hot on any of the _PRLG_ stuff because it didn't combine with each other. I've always flirted with the idea of the Defender Torozord, but couldn't quite bring myself to commit, even today. The Transdaggers are nice but hollow and kinda flimsy, but that set my interest off on team-wide multi-mode weapons; today I have both the Karakuri Hengen (not the Ninja Steel Morpher) and Kyuza Weapon (n/a). After _PRLG_ ended and eBay became a thing, I picked up the Dlx Stratoforce and Astro Galactic Megazords; no regrets, although the removal of some of the metal on the former pissed me off. Buuuuut I still wasn't feeling the line overall. It wasn't until 2018 when I watched Shout! Factory's complete DVD boxed set of _Seijuu Sentai Gingaman_ (a surprise favorite!) that I finally changed my mind, and now I want a DX GingaiOh. I am now on the fence about a DX GigaRhinos (Centaurus Megazord), SeijuuKen (Quasar Saber), Ginga Brace (Galaxy Morpher), and still reconsidering BullTaurus (sooooo much metalllll). I had the opportunity to get a second-hand Zenith Carrierzord years ago, but after handling it (it was in excellent condition and intact!) and actually having something else in mind at that same store (which is now closed and gone), I turned it down because it was out-of-scale and a bit lackluster. (A- neither Giga Bitus nor the Zenith Carrierzord has an animal designation, they simply exist; and B- it is directly inspired by the Jaguar Vulcan carrier from _Sun Vulcan._ )
Ah, this video breaks my heart lol I love the lost Galaxy zords and have them all except the carrier zord. But man, all your points are super valid. Definitely the biggest bummer for me is no combination modes. I'm totally just looking at them through a subjective point of view and bias since it's my favorite season. Bummer to know you you don't own them....yet ;)
As someone who own the JP versions, they were great toys, however, I do agree with a lot of what was said here. Lack of combinations really hurt and the line-up does feel like a mix mash of animals and space vehicles. IIRC, Megaranger (In Space's JP counterpart) had low sales in JP might have been a reason the budget was lower on theses guys. It was also the time Bandai and Plex went back to diecast metal which might have played a role in the budget, sadly most of it was cut from our versions. Get the feeling the Centaurus and Stratoforce Megazord were scrap In Space/Megaranger Megazord designs, that got to move into this toyline after Megarnager poor sales and they needed 2 extra Megazord's to fill the line out. Speaking of which, £17 for a Deluxe Megazord with chrome is a bargain even back then, speaking the Galaxy Megazord and the Mega Voyager the year before were nearly £40.
For not having the toys in hand this is a very well thought-out and fair critique of the figures. AND as a bonus we got through the entire series in one video. I agree with the criticisms. The lack of combination throws me off, and I'm feeling the same way about Kiramager (our incumbent sentai) this year. They did have nice designs though. I had the Defender Torozord and the Stratoforce Megazords as a kid, lost them, recently picked up a loose Zenith without the miniatures. It's all well and good but I really wish Zenith could be an actual carrier. Super Minipla is our only hope and honestly a SMP Zenith in scale with the components would still have to be BIGGER than the actual DX toy. The economics of scale bit them hard on that one. I never really noticed the lack of cohesion between the zords, i just got sucked into Stratoforce and Centaurus looking cool and pretty much left it at that. I don't know enough about Gingaman's premise to speculate why the mechas were still kinda space-themed in what is ostensibly a nature-themed show, I'll have to look into that. Great review as always, can't wait for Lightspeed and the greatest train megazord!
As a kid, I didn't have the actual Lost Galaxy Megazord, but an action figure that was in the same scale, which seems like a blessing in disguise given the small & easily lost pieces. I completely agree about the Centaurus and Stratoforce zords. I got them at a garage sale and didn't even recognize them as Power Rangers since they were so different than anything else, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but I don't think that they pulled off what Bandai was going for.
What are your thoughts on the Go Onger and Shinkenger toylines? Since you value big all encompassing combinations so much, and each of those lines (with the exception of 1 zord each) are exactly that
I remember the 1st time I saw the Lost Galaxy Zords. I was at a toysrus and I saw one was out of the box. Back then, I was so tempted to take it out and play with them on the spot. But alas, as a child, I couldn't buy them. In my 1st few years of college, my friend gave me a Centaurous Megazord. Although it didn't have its weapons, I'm glad to have it for free and didn't have the heart to sell it. Lost Galaxy was by far, imo, a great season as it own. And a redemption for Karone 😁
I had the red rhino zord one xmas and it was really weird, didn't combine in a very obvious way, felt a bit wrong when in megazord mode, always felt like I could never transform it right.
I understand your frustration with the zords. While i love the design and show versions of the show the toys were very flawed and not something you find without missing pieces
Fair enough. I tend to skip megazord lines if I can't find all of the items, or I don't really like the season. I also spent some time Um'ing and Uh'ing over this set when I started my collection
I think these zords were horrible, right up there with how ridiculous the R.P.M. zords looked. I agree the Shark should've been a Whale...much more fitting and all three Shark, Phoenix and Rhino should have been different colors. I think the main zords were just ugly to look at. I agree with your thoughts totally. BTW, I am loving these videos!
Lost Galaxy was kind of when I checked out of the show. Although I did end up casually seeing many episode as my sister, 9 years younger than me, had started to get into the show by that point so I’d see some of this through to Time Force as she was watching it.
I kinda disagree on The Galaxy Megazord the detachable fits on the deluxe is part of the show if you see the transformation scene you can see hands appears to click on the arms
1st of all thank u for doing a video on the zords even tho u didnt plan on covering them. I cant believe im just finding this now. 2nd of all... im only about halfway through the video so this may be premature but even tho u dont care cor the toy line did u at least like the season?
I think now I appreciate it more than I did at the time. Back then, I was searching for an out from PR so what felt like 'starting again' (even though it wasn't) seemed the best time to stop watching. Zordon's team's story was over, In Space was an exceptional way to finish it, and whatever came after was a bit disappointing. The Starship Trooper uniform reuse I found funny. The galactabeasts in their animal form looked...ropey at best. I hated that the Lost Galaxy team blew up the Astro Megaship. I appreciated what they did with Karone though. No offense to Kendrix who seemed lovely and I'm glad she comes back at the end, but it would've kept me watching if Karone was the pink ranger from the start.
@@powerrangertube the 2nd Turbo Team is cursed I tell ya, They get handed something, It ends up getting destroyed. They hand down something, It gets destroyed.
No, I don't think you were that harsh, Ryan. I think in some ways I do agree with you on the Lost Galaxy/Gingaman Megazords/Mechas. As much as I do love LG, it's 1 of my personal favorite Power Rangers seasons, the Megazords are something I'm sorta mixed on. I do find the addition of the Lost Galaxy Megazord's fists, and horns being completely separate rather than actually being part of the Megazord itself to be annoying. Granted, it's nice that there's storage for them, but that still doesn't make it good design, imo. Not to mention with the Gorilla Zord/Gingarilla, its left shoulder-pad is always very loose, even on the original Gingaiou mold, which leads me to believe that it must've been an issue with this mold entirely, so hopefully, Hasbro will fix this. Yeah, I have no idea they changed the gold chains on Bull Taurus to just awful tubes for Defender Torozord either, that, and the removal of its tail was also dumb, and it's also a shame how it can't combine with LG Megazord as well, much like how Robo Racer/Sirender couldn't combine with Turbo Megazord/RV Robo, or Rescue Megazord/VRV Robo. Now as for Centaurus, and Stratoforce Megazords/Giga Rhinos, and Giga Phoenix; I think it is odd that they couldn't combine into 1 big Megazord, or even combine with LG, and DT Megazords. I probably would've preferred if instead it was just 5 new Zords that could form a secondary Megazord similar to the Shougun, Super Zeo, Rescue, and Mega Voyager Megazords. And lastly Zenith Carrierzord/Giga Bitus. I really have no idea why they designed as just a playset, and not as an actual carrier for the deluxe C&S Megazords, not to mention it doesn't have much of a Megazord mode. Overall, while I do enjoy this line, I think the Megazords are 1 of the weaker lines of the season, even the original Japanese molds (although, I strongly recommend them way more), so here's hoping Hasbro will make things right in the future! :D Sorry for the really long comment.
I like Phoenix and Rhino as in their mechanical designs, but the lore of how they were turned into separate mechanical beings were ... Kind horrifying.
i completed the timeforce collection and 90% of the wildforce. but sadly, i had to move from korea to the states and i left them there. all sitting in my cousin's place. he's older than me and does way more collecting than i do so it's in good hands. i just really miss having them. he has all of them from mmpr to now. they aired the power rangers there along with certain sentai renamed power rangers. they got their toys to match the sentai quality and they started the whole thing since changeman. which is way older than mmpr and what would have been american bioman.
Honest, my personal take is no matter how shitty the main mech is, if you are a season completionist, you will get it. And what i mean by completionist is you have at least the main mech per season. Like I have 0 nostalgia for Gingaman or Lost Galaxy and I still bought the DX GingaOh just for the sake of owning the series main mech...and as the current theme of my comment goes, I got it for cheap. I think I only got that MIB for like $75. That was about 8 years ago and again from a Japanese contact. I just giggle when I check Ebay or other sites for its price and see it for not $75 for sure from those sites lmao. Also the fist is a problem for you? Then you would hate the vintage stuff cause pretty much every sentai mech in the 70's to 90's had a fist launching gimmick and a lot of them do get lost over the years. Thank goodness for people that make repros for them on Ebay. Then the Cube Gorilla from Zyuohger also brought back that gimmick. Also I see you skipped Wildforce, that one I actually did watch back in the day and enjoyed it. They're legit amazing toys and is worth hunting for especially the Japanese version if you can.
All the opinion stuff aside, to actually carry all the zords the way they do in the show the figure would be so freaking huge!! Cant fault them for doing doing the scale aha
I guess I just don't see the point in showing something they can't recreate properly. They nearly did a full size Brachio in Abaranger, but I guess chickened out at the size and expense and did the same 'playset' approach
I always loved lost galaxy as a kid.. the zords might not have been used as much as previous series but why repeat the same thing over again? There were issues with the show in that the titular lost galaxy wasn't seen till the end of the show, bit I never saw any problems with the zords.. it was interesting that they were alive ( something that was usually a thing in the sentai series) and they had a cool transformation and look
Power Rangers was going to be canceled after In Space (which was supposed to the final season), but thanks to their cancellation of Mystic Knights and its budget that was going to be used in season 2 of Mystic Knights went instead towards Power Rangers’ revival, Lost Galaxy!! So Lost Galaxy saved Power Rangers (due to its success), if it didn’t exist and there was a second season of Mystic Knights, Power Rangers would’ve been a dead franchise after only 6 seasons!! (MMPR to In Space)
Gotta say, when I watched Lost Galaxy during the pandemic 'cause I was born in 2000 and the first Power Rangers I watched was Wild Force but I digress, the series had great story telling. But the zords??? Bruh they were off putting, I mean only 1 megazord, no secondary megazord whereas every season before and after at least had one, and the introduction of the lost galactabeasts made me hope for something for the zords to sprues them up. But like, why the fuck did both Super Sentai and Power Rangers fuck up Centaurus, Stratoforce and Zenith?? Like, I don't care if the lore says they were retrofitted by the series' villains, but c'mon sure something better could've been done by like just having them as kinda larger galactabeasts compared to the 5 and have them transform into separates zords and even have certain parts be eligible for zord combinations - a bit like Gransazers with their chouseishins or star gods/beasts. But hey just a penny for my thoughts I guess, carry on
Power Rangers Lost Galaxy was technically the sequel to Power Rangers in Space but they held their own as a pretty damn good season... I enjoyed it and I also heard that this was also going to be the last season too but that became a huge hit just like PRIS season. Plus it was the ONLY season that killed off a ranger.
RPM killed off gold and silver. Wes died in Time Force's future saving the city until the future rangers went back to the past and prevented that. Sky's dad in Time Force was killed, presumably he(Sky's Dad) was Wes's son but it was a retool of the time force red ranger suit so it could be some guy who took up the powers after Wes retired, considering he'd be quite old to be a ranger in spd's time. Or it's just a reused suit that has no connection other than appearance to Time Force, especially considering how A Squad reused Space helmets and I think lost galaxy soldier vests, aka starship trooper vests.
this is just me, and i know the sentai is more to blame for the designs but i do not like the designs by default i do not like helmet mouths at all, it gives me the same unnerving feeling I felt when soundwave was shown in transformers comics without his faceplate however designs like in bioman and zyuranger can make it work somehow, and the ones that are in gingaman(the basis for lost galaxy), no, just no, i get the whole "soundwave without faceplate" feeling
I get the feeling Bandai were under budget when designing the Gingaman toys,probably spent it on the villain suits that year,so the toys feel under developed,but that’s me guessing
Gingaman all around it a great sentai. Great characters, great villains, great story, and a great soundtrack. The show has so much feeling and energy in each episode. I really feel the only thing that i did not like about the show was hikaru. He wasn't annoying but was a little bit childish for being the youngest but I don't hate. Just wished he was better handled. Other than that, every about Gingaman is really great and it is my favorite Super Sentai series along with Lost Galaxy being my favorite Power Rangers series.
Can I tell you the truth? I would have so bought the Word Builder version of the Lost Galaxy Megazord. Vortexx brought Lost Galaxy back on TV. I was interested in the Lost Galactabeasts. :7
When you mention the stories of Centaurus and Stratoforce in the show, I always found it very odd that they were meant to be living creatures (albeit modified by the bad guys, but I don’t think they ever said they were mindless after joining the Rangers) yet in the final they’re destroyed defending Terra Venture and no one bats an eye that these two creatures have just died. And what happens to Zenith afterwards? It literally has no purpose with the other two destroyed! And I don’t think they were treated much better in one of the Gingaman movies as I recall. Special mention for the Gingaman footage of the Galactabeasts that were laughably awful... the Condor with its floppy neck and the theee four legged ones looking exactly like what they were; guys in animal suits!
@@powerrangertube the condor but the first megazord they got I enjoy the combination I do hate that the fist are easily lost and the horns but the way it’s made I feel it’s worth it my least favorite is the rpm or overdrive line
Not gonna lie, I quite like the Centaurus and Stratoforce. They may not combine, but they do look good together, and being a bit of an aviation nerd, a Megazord themed to a bird and composed entirely of jets is right up my alley.
Same, I like them and also only own them form lost galaxy at the moment.
I can understand why you didn't get these zords but personally I love this line. Your opinions on these zords are valid and are similar to my opinions on the Kirameiger zords. They are neat on their own but they're too small for the price and none of them combine with each other.
I definately agree with you here,at first i am excited about the Kirameiger's zord
With it being vehicles and many designs but then i am quite let down by the fact that they dont even have any major combination,pretty dumb move honestly
It brings out so much playability if it does
The Stratoforce Megazord and Centaurus Megazord were awesome toys, but I really wish they were designed to combine with each other.
@@genji316 Given that Kiramager was the last season to have a large number of Zords/Mechs, I wonder if post Zenkaiger Super Sentai seasons will phase out the mechs entirely.
@@malcomalexander9437 Won't happen, the mecha are the main selling points of the toyline. Phasing it out would just kill the series
Ya i think lost galaxy is my fav of the shows. Top 3 atleast
I really like Lost Galaxy, since the 1st time I saw it as a kid.
Magna Defender and Lights of Orion Arc was really good, even if a little stretched.
Karone redemption was very good. And it + the awesome crossover episodes made the season very cohesive with In Space.
I also really liked Leo and Mike relation.
Lastly, Trakeena was a pretty good villain imo. I like that she had a personnal arc through the season
Learning about the season really made me regret growing out of the show as I got older cause it sounded REALLY good from a storytelling standpoint, defiantly one I might dedicate some time to finding and watching.
@@benjaminbierley2074if you still haven’t yet I think the power rangers TH-cam has the episodes
I thought that season was pretty good. The zords where interesting, being cosmic beasts then transforming into machines was intriguing to me.
The Shark, Phoenix, and Rhino transformations are a hot mess.
Regardless I loved these as a kid. Not as much as Lightspeed ;)
I personally love these zords so I am interested to hear his thoughts. I probably will agree with them, but I still love them.
I always thought the megazords of this season were a mixed bag. Like Bandai literally had a bag of ideas and decided to use all of them at the same time.
I loved the Galaxy Megazord and Torozord, both as design and as being standalone zords. No fear of missing a combination by not getting any other zord, like no Mega Dragonzord for you, when you’re not getting both Megazord and Dragonzord. The three Lost Galactabeasts on the other hand didn’t do me much. Only slapping a picture of a fantasy beast on some vehicles in the show doesn’t make them on par with the Galaxy Megazord’s Galactabeasts. Being destroyed by a suicide swarm Stingwingers made the duo look weak too. In the end, I’m happy to have a Galaxy Megazord, a black and white Gingai-Oh and the Bulltaurus with a complimentary Lights of Ginga set.
The Tarozord is pretty cool. Reminds me of Ninjor in some ways.
You managed to give us a “review” but also a nice editorial piece on these zords and your feelings on them as a whole. Well done.
Even in the show, the zord fights really felt like they were put in the backseat in favor of storytelling. They look okay in the show, but I don't think they translated to the toy line very well.
Galaxy Megazord was the last one I got as a kid; by the time Lightspeed came around I had aged out of PR and didn't like the revolving casts. I enjoyed it but not enough to get the rest of the line.
It's S.O.P. for Super Sentai. They have been changing casts and storylines for 45 years now. Still going, so there has to be something right about it. But Toku shows never really need to make hard sense to be fun.
@@Optimalillusion They aren't talking about Super Sentai. Your reply has nothing to do with their comment.
@@mechanomics2649 They brought up how standalone casts and plots are standard for Sentai in contrast to the Zordon Era
What's quite cool was the shark carrier zord was actually a homage to the Super Sentai Sun Vulcan's carrier zord.
What's even better is that Sun Vulcan carrier zord actually got a super minipla model kit not too long ago, only catch is it's p-bandai
So that why i was thinking i saw it in older sentai.
The Lost Galaxy and Ninja Falcon Megazord get a lot of critique and, understandable, as you say it is all fairly subjective but they still stand as some of my favourite Megazords of all time.
Lost Galaxy basically is a turning point where after In Space,you can basically make anything you want with the series and Lost Galaxy was quite unique compared to its Japanese counterpart where it didn't follow tone to tone with what Gingaman had and made up its own story.
Ironically,Gingaman translates to (Galaxy man) but the team never left Earth and it was more nature-based from what I've seen. 0_-
I really got no clue what was going on in Gingaman but I guess they had no idea how to make the zords unique in the Sentai.
Wonder if Gingaman was supposed to have a different theme since the Rhino, Phoenix and carrier have a more sci fi look to them, even if there's a story justification for it in the final product.
I really love the zords and would definitely buy these whenever they come to the minipla line. All of the zords lack the funability in them and are more fun for display. I really love Gingaman and Lost Galaxy. Great characters, great villains, great story, great action and great soundtrack. Both of them are my absolute favorite series of both franchises. I am going to get the japanese quasar saber (seijuken) and lights of orion (ginga no hikari) armor as well as the transdagger (jizaiken kiba) and transmorpher (ginga brace) for my Lost Galaxy/Gingaman Collection. I will definitely pick of every lightning collection figure that gets a release for my collection. If you haven't watched Gingaman yet, I really recommend watching it cause it is one of the best super sentai seasons ever.
Ahh! Freak out moment for the black and gold light speed zords. Also you don't have wild force?! Truly it's biggest weakness is no formal Ultrazord but the quality of the toys is impeccable. The designs are so cool! I am riddled with that nostalgia though.
Great video! Can't wait for more.
To this day, still think it's the best season, but alright. Story was good, characters were likeable, some of the coolest zords, but aight to each his own.
You skipped wild force? Dang thats a shame. I enjoyed the hell out of the zords and the season
The gingaman toyline was a celebration of metal being used again as it had been absent since Jetman. plex thought it was its last chogokin/diecast metal use “this would turn out to be Hurricanger instead” Budget went to the main mecha/megazord. Hence why the rest of the zords are smaller, the last 3 are call backs to Showa sentai mecha in many ways, there size and metal components were exactly like the first 5 Showa dx robo’s. Ginga bitus/zenith is a homage to Sun Vulcans carrier Jaguar Vulcan which was also had the teeth and opening mouth/mothership look. I think it was also plex seeing if introducing smaller mecha would provide more sales than just the traditional Main-extra-super that had been the pillar since Ohranger/Zeo and it seems that experiment didn’t work out as we return to form with gogo v/ lightspeed
magna defender is a fan favorite like doggie cruger so... it makes sense
Well at least you didn’t buy Operation Overdrive megazords.
The sentai version is overall way better.
The new Soul of Chogokin version of the Lost Galaxy megazord might be the version that deserves a review.
I only owned the Torozord, which I had fond memories of as I remember my mom took me to Toys R Us and allowed me to choose whatever toy I wanted. Out of all the Zords they had, Toro stood out the most for me.
I played with it non stop after, I absolutely adored how it was practically TWO toys in one. The string was really dumb but outside of that this Zord really provided endless hours of play for me.
i did like how they were fully organic creatures to change things up, wish we got the sofvi figures of them over in america, heck maybe even make ones of the Centaurus and Stratoforce. plus the very dark implication around them mutilating these creatures and turning them into robots. i would have forgave the zenith if the mini vehicles could combine into micro scale megazords, maybe even throw in a micro galaxy megazord that could combine all these zords together in a fun fan made mode
The clip-ons for the main zord are a peeve although as I'm not a toy engineer and I highly doubt you are, you can't comment on them simply being lazy enough to engineer a method to overcome it. There are things known as physical and engineering limitations even if ignoring budget and time constraints. Torozord was absolutely lovely and the fact that it could hold the Magna Defender as a 2-in-1 zord is lovely. The auxillary zords being 5-in-1 and with never before seen vehicle types to have unique combining methods is so attractive. Carrier sadly has to come in Deltabase size or it wouldn't fit to scale. Just a gut feeling seeing the demand for stuff like Pyramidas but I dont think those tend to sell too well as they are far too bulky and dont do much so I dont think they wanted to bulk Gigabitus up. Ultimately your negative outlook as a whole is just oozing with blatant bias but I did like the technical insights.
So here’s the thing about zenith carrierzord scale: how massive you want it to be to be able to store both the centaurus & stratoforce component inside? If they produce it in the “proper” scale, it would be too big for its own good, it would be difficult to store, not to mention the box. And no one would be able to purchase it. From a business standpoint, it kinda makes sense. I mean, the more plastic & component to make each zord, the more expensive it would be in the final price. Like, you know, who wouldn’t want a “proper” scaled serpentera? But who would buy one if they made it?
Exactly! I do understand the issue with scale for other zords but asking for it with a freaking carrier zord is asking way too much.
Well that goes all the way back to square 1, why did they design a carrier that holds 2 megazords at once?
@@KingKuuga blame the japanese for that design decision. This is when bandai literally just changing the chrome to grey and then call it a day.
@@KingKuuga Then that’s the Sentai’s fault for the design.
@@aleronhawk I never said it wasn't? That's not a rebuttal. You're shifting the blame that I already laid on the shoulders of the responsible party.
The Sentai ones from Japan were much better than the ones that they sold in other regions...
Kind of see where you’re coming from but as someone who loves Lost Galaxy and puts it at the top of my favourites (1st Lost Galaxy, 2nd LightSpeed, 3rd MMPR) I can’t say how happy so am that it’s finally getting some recognition.
Good to know someone still remembers CollectionDX... You even used some of _my_ pictures of the Dlx Stratoforce Megazord in your video. =)
Yeah, I was never hot on any of the _PRLG_ stuff because it didn't combine with each other. I've always flirted with the idea of the Defender Torozord, but couldn't quite bring myself to commit, even today. The Transdaggers are nice but hollow and kinda flimsy, but that set my interest off on team-wide multi-mode weapons; today I have both the Karakuri Hengen (not the Ninja Steel Morpher) and Kyuza Weapon (n/a).
After _PRLG_ ended and eBay became a thing, I picked up the Dlx Stratoforce and Astro Galactic Megazords; no regrets, although the removal of some of the metal on the former pissed me off. Buuuuut I still wasn't feeling the line overall. It wasn't until 2018 when I watched Shout! Factory's complete DVD boxed set of _Seijuu Sentai Gingaman_ (a surprise favorite!) that I finally changed my mind, and now I want a DX GingaiOh. I am now on the fence about a DX GigaRhinos (Centaurus Megazord), SeijuuKen (Quasar Saber), Ginga Brace (Galaxy Morpher), and still reconsidering BullTaurus (sooooo much metalllll).
I had the opportunity to get a second-hand Zenith Carrierzord years ago, but after handling it (it was in excellent condition and intact!) and actually having something else in mind at that same store (which is now closed and gone), I turned it down because it was out-of-scale and a bit lackluster. (A- neither Giga Bitus nor the Zenith Carrierzord has an animal designation, they simply exist; and B- it is directly inspired by the Jaguar Vulcan carrier from _Sun Vulcan._ )
I'm going to have to hold back tears when you do your Wild Force video. My favourite season and one of my favourite toylines 😢
Literally the only thing I remember this season for is -Astronema- Karone becoming a power ranger.
I remember the stratoforce being poor quality when I was little. The arms wouldn't stay in and the chest piece wouldnt stay clipped on
I actually have all the Lost Galaxy zords, I enjoyed the season, toeach their own.
Ah, this video breaks my heart lol I love the lost Galaxy zords and have them all except the carrier zord. But man, all your points are super valid. Definitely the biggest bummer for me is no combination modes. I'm totally just looking at them through a subjective point of view and bias since it's my favorite season. Bummer to know you you don't own them....yet ;)
You know it’s going to be a negative video when the couch is empty
Wild force is up next 🙃
As someone who own the JP versions, they were great toys, however, I do agree with a lot of what was said here. Lack of combinations really hurt and the line-up does feel like a mix mash of animals and space vehicles. IIRC, Megaranger (In Space's JP counterpart) had low sales in JP might have been a reason the budget was lower on theses guys. It was also the time Bandai and Plex went back to diecast metal which might have played a role in the budget, sadly most of it was cut from our versions. Get the feeling the Centaurus and Stratoforce Megazord were scrap In Space/Megaranger Megazord designs, that got to move into this toyline after Megarnager poor sales and they needed 2 extra Megazord's to fill the line out. Speaking of which, £17 for a Deluxe Megazord with chrome is a bargain even back then, speaking the Galaxy Megazord and the Mega Voyager the year before were nearly £40.
I’d love to see what the Rhino and Phoenix Galactabeasts would have been without having been mangled by the villains.
For not having the toys in hand this is a very well thought-out and fair critique of the figures. AND as a bonus we got through the entire series in one video. I agree with the criticisms. The lack of combination throws me off, and I'm feeling the same way about Kiramager (our incumbent sentai) this year. They did have nice designs though. I had the Defender Torozord and the Stratoforce Megazords as a kid, lost them, recently picked up a loose Zenith without the miniatures. It's all well and good but I really wish Zenith could be an actual carrier. Super Minipla is our only hope and honestly a SMP Zenith in scale with the components would still have to be BIGGER than the actual DX toy. The economics of scale bit them hard on that one.
I never really noticed the lack of cohesion between the zords, i just got sucked into Stratoforce and Centaurus looking cool and pretty much left it at that. I don't know enough about Gingaman's premise to speculate why the mechas were still kinda space-themed in what is ostensibly a nature-themed show, I'll have to look into that.
Great review as always, can't wait for Lightspeed and the greatest train megazord!
As a kid, I didn't have the actual Lost Galaxy Megazord, but an action figure that was in the same scale, which seems like a blessing in disguise given the small & easily lost pieces. I completely agree about the Centaurus and Stratoforce zords. I got them at a garage sale and didn't even recognize them as Power Rangers since they were so different than anything else, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but I don't think that they pulled off what Bandai was going for.
What are your thoughts on the Go Onger and Shinkenger toylines?
Since you value big all encompassing combinations so much, and each of those lines (with the exception of 1 zord each) are exactly that
I love the lost galactabeasts, esp when they brought back the “in space” theme
I remember the 1st time I saw the Lost Galaxy Zords. I was at a toysrus and I saw one was out of the box. Back then, I was so tempted to take it out and play with them on the spot.
But alas, as a child, I couldn't buy them.
In my 1st few years of college, my friend gave me a Centaurous Megazord. Although it didn't have its weapons, I'm glad to have it for free and didn't have the heart to sell it.
Lost Galaxy was by far, imo, a great season as it own. And a redemption for Karone 😁
One of the greatest series of all time
Those fist been like that since 70s and 80s they used to shoot out of the arms with the older Sentai mecha
The last 3 Galacta Beasts were retro fitted with Hammer tech from Iron Man 2. Lol
i can't find proof of it , but i was positive the rhino and phoenix zords were repurposed mecha from an older sentai/robot show
Nope. You must be thinking of something else.
Also, I kinda feel like the Stratoforce and Centaurus colors should have switched. Like, Stratoforce is a phoenix but it's blue? That feels weird.
I had the red rhino zord one xmas and it was really weird, didn't combine in a very obvious way, felt a bit wrong when in megazord mode, always felt like I could never transform it right.
They never released the Lights of Orion Galaxy Megazord at all in the USA
Well, I always liked the starforce megazord because it looks so diferent from most zords that almost feels like it was made by diferent people
I actually only bought defender torozord and all the magna defender line, Lost Galaxy was good but it just seems weak after following up from PRIS
How the hell would they make the horns pop out in any way without making the head huge or the horns tiny?
Honestly, this “review” comes across as cynical and to say that Lost Galaxy is no big deal in the franchise is nonsensical.
You should cover the lightspeed rescue zords as well Ryan.
Sencearly, Terry.
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I understand your frustration with the zords. While i love the design and show versions of the show the toys were very flawed and not something you find without missing pieces
Fair enough. I tend to skip megazord lines if I can't find all of the items, or I don't really like the season. I also spent some time Um'ing and Uh'ing over this set when I started my collection
Orion Galaxy Megazord and Torozord are sick. I don’t get why you’re not a fan. I love em
Can’t wait to hear your thoughts on wild force
I think these zords were horrible, right up there with how ridiculous the R.P.M. zords looked. I agree the Shark should've been a Whale...much more fitting and all three Shark, Phoenix and Rhino should have been different colors. I think the main zords were just ugly to look at. I agree with your thoughts totally. BTW, I am loving these videos!
Lost Galaxy was kind of when I checked out of the show. Although I did end up casually seeing many episode as my sister, 9 years younger than me, had started to get into the show by that point so I’d see some of this through to Time Force as she was watching it.
I kinda disagree on The Galaxy Megazord the detachable fits on the deluxe is part of the show if you see the transformation scene you can see hands appears to click on the arms
1st of all thank u for doing a video on the zords even tho u didnt plan on covering them. I cant believe im just finding this now. 2nd of all... im only about halfway through the video so this may be premature but even tho u dont care cor the toy line did u at least like the season?
I think now I appreciate it more than I did at the time. Back then, I was searching for an out from PR so what felt like 'starting again' (even though it wasn't) seemed the best time to stop watching. Zordon's team's story was over, In Space was an exceptional way to finish it, and whatever came after was a bit disappointing. The Starship Trooper uniform reuse I found funny. The galactabeasts in their animal form looked...ropey at best. I hated that the Lost Galaxy team blew up the Astro Megaship. I appreciated what they did with Karone though. No offense to Kendrix who seemed lovely and I'm glad she comes back at the end, but it would've kept me watching if Karone was the pink ranger from the start.
@@powerrangertube the 2nd Turbo Team is cursed I tell ya, They get handed something, It ends up getting destroyed. They hand down something, It gets destroyed.
Ok so your not of fan of the PLEX Gingaman designs and Mecha, ok fine. Lets move on then.
Somebody's offended by a different opinion on the internet... Shocking
No, I don't think you were that harsh, Ryan. I think in some ways I do agree with you on the Lost Galaxy/Gingaman Megazords/Mechas. As much as I do love LG, it's 1 of my personal favorite Power Rangers seasons, the Megazords are something I'm sorta mixed on. I do find the addition of the Lost Galaxy Megazord's fists, and horns being completely separate rather than actually being part of the Megazord itself to be annoying. Granted, it's nice that there's storage for them, but that still doesn't make it good design, imo. Not to mention with the Gorilla Zord/Gingarilla, its left shoulder-pad is always very loose, even on the original Gingaiou mold, which leads me to believe that it must've been an issue with this mold entirely, so hopefully, Hasbro will fix this. Yeah, I have no idea they changed the gold chains on Bull Taurus to just awful tubes for Defender Torozord either, that, and the removal of its tail was also dumb, and it's also a shame how it can't combine with LG Megazord as well, much like how Robo Racer/Sirender couldn't combine with Turbo Megazord/RV Robo, or Rescue Megazord/VRV Robo. Now as for Centaurus, and Stratoforce Megazords/Giga Rhinos, and Giga Phoenix; I think it is odd that they couldn't combine into 1 big Megazord, or even combine with LG, and DT Megazords. I probably would've preferred if instead it was just 5 new Zords that could form a secondary Megazord similar to the Shougun, Super Zeo, Rescue, and Mega Voyager Megazords. And lastly Zenith Carrierzord/Giga Bitus. I really have no idea why they designed as just a playset, and not as an actual carrier for the deluxe C&S Megazords, not to mention it doesn't have much of a Megazord mode. Overall, while I do enjoy this line, I think the Megazords are 1 of the weaker lines of the season, even the original Japanese molds (although, I strongly recommend them way more), so here's hoping Hasbro will make things right in the future! :D Sorry for the really long comment.
I mean, Mystic Force had a knight driving a train..... accuracy has never been Power Rangers strongsuit
the only megazord i thought looked good was the blue megazord. Everything else was kinda boring to me
I like Phoenix and Rhino as in their mechanical designs, but the lore of how they were turned into separate mechanical beings were ... Kind horrifying.
You know I thought that they were based on the behemoth, ziz, and leviathan.
I own 2 of the 4 lost galaxy megazords. The toro Zord and the Centaurus Megazord.
My favorite megazord is the main megazord of light speed rescue
i completed the timeforce collection and 90% of the wildforce. but sadly, i had to move from korea to the states and i left them there. all sitting in my cousin's place. he's older than me and does way more collecting than i do so it's in good hands. i just really miss having them. he has all of them from mmpr to now. they aired the power rangers there along with certain sentai renamed power rangers. they got their toys to match the sentai quality and they started the whole thing since changeman. which is way older than mmpr and what would have been american bioman.
Honest, my personal take is no matter how shitty the main mech is, if you are a season completionist, you will get it. And what i mean by completionist is you have at least the main mech per season. Like I have 0 nostalgia for Gingaman or Lost Galaxy and I still bought the DX GingaOh just for the sake of owning the series main mech...and as the current theme of my comment goes, I got it for cheap. I think I only got that MIB for like $75. That was about 8 years ago and again from a Japanese contact. I just giggle when I check Ebay or other sites for its price and see it for not $75 for sure from those sites lmao.
Also the fist is a problem for you? Then you would hate the vintage stuff cause pretty much every sentai mech in the 70's to 90's had a fist launching gimmick and a lot of them do get lost over the years. Thank goodness for people that make repros for them on Ebay. Then the Cube Gorilla from Zyuohger also brought back that gimmick. Also I see you skipped Wildforce, that one I actually did watch back in the day and enjoyed it. They're legit amazing toys and is worth hunting for especially the Japanese version if you can.
The Lost Galaxy Megazord and Turozord are both great.
Sorry 🤷🏼♂️
All the opinion stuff aside, to actually carry all the zords the way they do in the show the figure would be so freaking huge!! Cant fault them for doing doing the scale aha
I guess I just don't see the point in showing something they can't recreate properly. They nearly did a full size Brachio in Abaranger, but I guess chickened out at the size and expense and did the same 'playset' approach
@@powerrangertube True!
I feel like it was a big season. But whatever.
I always loved lost galaxy as a kid.. the zords might not have been used as much as previous series but why repeat the same thing over again? There were issues with the show in that the titular lost galaxy wasn't seen till the end of the show, bit I never saw any problems with the zords.. it was interesting that they were alive ( something that was usually a thing in the sentai series) and they had a cool transformation and look
Power Rangers was going to be canceled after In Space (which was supposed to the final season), but thanks to their cancellation of Mystic Knights and its budget that was going to be used in season 2 of Mystic Knights went instead towards Power Rangers’ revival, Lost Galaxy!! So Lost Galaxy saved Power Rangers (due to its success), if it didn’t exist and there was a second season of Mystic Knights, Power Rangers would’ve been a dead franchise after only 6 seasons!! (MMPR to In Space)
Gotta say, when I watched Lost Galaxy during the pandemic 'cause I was born in 2000 and the first Power Rangers I watched was Wild Force but I digress, the series had great story telling. But the zords??? Bruh they were off putting, I mean only 1 megazord, no secondary megazord whereas every season before and after at least had one, and the introduction of the lost galactabeasts made me hope for something for the zords to sprues them up. But like, why the fuck did both Super Sentai and Power Rangers fuck up Centaurus, Stratoforce and Zenith?? Like, I don't care if the lore says they were retrofitted by the series' villains, but c'mon sure something better could've been done by like just having them as kinda larger galactabeasts compared to the 5 and have them transform into separates zords and even have certain parts be eligible for zord combinations - a bit like Gransazers with their chouseishins or star gods/beasts. But hey just a penny for my thoughts I guess, carry on
Had no idea the red one was a rhino 😆
I hope there will be wild force videos!
Power Rangers Lost Galaxy was technically the sequel to Power Rangers in Space but they held their own as a pretty damn good season... I enjoyed it and I also heard that this was also going to be the last season too but that became a huge hit just like PRIS season. Plus it was the ONLY season that killed off a ranger.
RPM killed off gold and silver. Wes died in Time Force's future saving the city until the future rangers went back to the past and prevented that. Sky's dad in Time Force was killed, presumably he(Sky's Dad) was Wes's son but it was a retool of the time force red ranger suit so it could be some guy who took up the powers after Wes retired, considering he'd be quite old to be a ranger in spd's time. Or it's just a reused suit that has no connection other than appearance to Time Force, especially considering how A Squad reused Space helmets and I think lost galaxy soldier vests, aka starship trooper vests.
this is just me, and i know the sentai is more to blame for the designs but i do not like the designs
by default i do not like helmet mouths at all, it gives me the same unnerving feeling I felt when soundwave was shown in transformers comics without his faceplate
however designs like in bioman and zyuranger can make it work somehow, and the ones that are in gingaman(the basis for lost galaxy), no, just no, i get the whole "soundwave without faceplate" feeling
Why didn't you get these toys they're awesome 👏🏿
Happy Thanksgiving
Are you going to cover the Lightspeed Rescue Zords?
I get the feeling Bandai were under budget when designing the Gingaman toys,probably spent it on the villain suits that year,so the toys feel under developed,but that’s me guessing
Gingaman all around it a great sentai. Great characters, great villains, great story, and a great soundtrack. The show has so much feeling and energy in each episode. I really feel the only thing that i did not like about the show was hikaru. He wasn't annoying but was a little bit childish for being the youngest but I don't hate. Just wished he was better handled. Other than that, every about Gingaman is really great and it is my favorite Super Sentai series along with Lost Galaxy being my favorite Power Rangers series.
Can I tell you the truth? I would have so bought the Word Builder version of the Lost Galaxy Megazord. Vortexx brought Lost Galaxy back on TV. I was interested in the Lost Galactabeasts. :7
I'm pretty sure the zenith carrierzord was a repaint/sticker of a older sentai mecha
The closest i can think of is the jaguar vulcan from sun vulcan. I think the designer based the carrierzord from that.
You didn't even talk about how the sixth rangers megazord didn't show up in the show most of the time
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When you mention the stories of Centaurus and Stratoforce in the show, I always found it very odd that they were meant to be living creatures (albeit modified by the bad guys, but I don’t think they ever said they were mindless after joining the Rangers) yet in the final they’re destroyed defending Terra Venture and no one bats an eye that these two creatures have just died. And what happens to Zenith afterwards? It literally has no purpose with the other two destroyed! And I don’t think they were treated much better in one of the Gingaman movies as I recall.
Special mention for the Gingaman footage of the Galactabeasts that were laughably awful... the Condor with its floppy neck and the theee four legged ones looking exactly like what they were; guys in animal suits!
No not harsh. I really only like the torozord and the main zord... well i really only like the abe zord and his unique transformation.
not a fan of lost galaxy
but gingaman is fan tastic
i liked the gorilla and the lion the main zord and then the bull. but i didn't own any of them. i started with light speed rescue for toys
You right but I am still gonna collect the sentai versions.
Lost galaxy has one of my favorite zords
Which one?
@@powerrangertube the condor but the first megazord they got I enjoy the combination I do hate that the fist are easily lost and the horns but the way it’s made I feel it’s worth it my least favorite is the rpm or overdrive line
Yeah I agree. I normally like vehicle seasons but overdrive and rpm do nothing for me
Karone gave continuity o lost galaxy after space.
Should of named this video, "me and why I'm going to shit all over this toy line" lmao I love lost galaxy but you picking these toys apart is funny
9.51 , the Red ,& the Blue Megazord look more like it belong with the Vehicle Voltron than Power Ranger
But technically he is not the six rangers just an extra ranger
I personally would have wanted the Phoenix and rhino zords if they weren't so brittle plastic